ADS-B IN/OUT Now available for all US reg Diamonds

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ADS-B IN/OUT Now available for all US reg Diamonds

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THis is the banner on the Diamond Aircraft site but there are no details for this. Does anyone have inside info on the solution for the G1000 w/WAAS?
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No inside information needed: I think the website banner may have been referring to this public announcement from Diamond Canada last year:
http://www.diamondaircraft.com/wp-conte ... FINAL-.pdf

But the timing of your question is interesting: Just this week Garmin finally got EASA to certify the GTX 345R transponder (which provides both ADS-B IN and OUT) in Europe.
http://newsroom.garmin.com/press-releas ... ansponders
This means that new DA42-VI and DA62 aircraft, all built by Diamond in Austria (and ferried to Diamond Canada for North American/US customers), might soon be able to include the GTX 345R transponder.
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Is yours switched on yet, Dave?
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On our DA42-VI I upgraded my original GTX 33 to GTX 33ES for ADS-B Out (only) back in 2015 before the GTX 345R had even been announced. Relatively cheap upgrade that only involved sending in my transponder to Garmin (for $1200) for modifications. According to FAA testing the plane legally meets 2020 mandate, but I don't have ADS-B In.
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What about at least getting a Stratus 2s to show the ADS-B on an iPad?
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With an Avidyne TAS 605 active traffic installation, combined with a Garmin GDL 69A for SiriusXM satellite weather, I haven't missed ADS-B In traffic or weather.
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I agree about the XM weather. I like it much more than I like the ADS-B provided stuff. But the traffic has been an eye-opener.
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Dave,

Did you have any issue with WAAS on your installation? I have been told that there is some issue with providing the WAAS signal to the GTX-345 from the G1000.
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I don't have a GTX-345R; I have the older generation GTX 33ES, which works perfectly with our WAAS G1000 as a position source for ADS-B Out in our DA42-VI.

The "issue" you may have heard about (which has been widely discussed here on the forum) is that G1000 software on the DA40 does not permit the GTX-345R to take advantage of a G1000 WAAS position source. This requires DA40 owners to pay $800 more for a version of that GTX-345R with integral WAAS, and to have a 3rd GPS antenna installed at additional cost.
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Not what I wanted to hear but thanks.
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